The easy ride is over for the good teams, except the Sydney Swans who will get to meet the GWS Giants twice in 2013. Picture: Chris Scott Source: Herald Sun
THE top four teams from 2012 will all play the bottom teams only once next season, the AFL has announced.
The AFL, who have been publicly drip feeding information about next year's fixture, revealed the decision tonight along with some other new initiatives for 2013.
It revealed that:
1.The top four teams from 2012 (Sydney Swans, Hawthorn, Collingwood, Adelaide Crows) would all only play the bottom four teams of 2012 (Greater Western Sydney Giants, Gold Coast Suns, Melbourne, Western Bulldogs) on one occasion in 2013, with the single exception of the Swans/Giants cross-town rivalry;
2.The 10 non-finalists from 2012 will all be scheduled to have a maximum of two return meetings with top eight sides from 2012.
"A standard round, as part of our agreement with the Seven Network and Foxtel/FOX FOOTY, will continue to feature one Friday night match, two Saturday afternoon matches, one Saturday twilight match, two Saturday night matches, one early Sunday match, one Sunday afternoon match and one Sunday twilight match," AFL executive Simon Lethlean said.
The AFL will play four Thursday matches in 2013 across Round One, Anzac Day Round (two matches on Thursday April 25) and Round 14, along with two Monday night matches in Round Seven (Melbourne) and Round 10 (Perth) respectively.
The South Australian (Port Adelaide) and West Australian (West Coast) clubs that travelled in round 23, 2012, will be fixtured to be at home in the final round in 2013.
While the final round will again be listed as a 'floating round', to enable the best-possible fixture options for the AFL in the lead-up to finals.
"For the period where clubs have their byes between rounds 11-13, the AFL will again schedule three rounds of six matches to provide as much continuity as possible for fans, and with the goal of a team from each state competing in a match in each week through that period," Lethlean said.
Lethlean said it was expected the fixture would be completed by the end of October.
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